Insect seed predators and environmental change

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1593-1599

  Lewis, Owen T ^a   Gripenberg, Sofia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Density dependence; Food webs; Global warming; Invertebrates; Janzen Connell; Mast fruiting; Networks; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

APPARENT COMPETITION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; FRUITING; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; MUTUALISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 54349124627     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01575.x     Document Type: Article

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